Please join us for this symposium, which will bring together academics and practitioners in the field of antitrust law. The symposium’s three panels will explore recent developments in antitrust and potential new directions for enforcement. CLE credit is available to attendees. Please register here.

Schedule

9:30 am

REGISTRATION AND BREAKFAST

10:00 am

OPENING REMARKSHARRY FIRSTCharles L. Denison Professor of Law, New York University School of Law

RICHARD REVESZDean, New York University School of Law

10:15 am

PANEL 1: GOVERNMENT ENFORCEMENT

Government enforcement agencies play a key role in enforcing the antitrust laws. The FTC, DOJ, and FCC all review mergers and challenge anticompetitive behavior. This panel reviews recent changes and developments in government enforcement and discusses what the role of government enforcement should be.

Moderator:

HARRY FIRSTCharles L. Denison Professor of Law, New York University School of Law

PHILIP WEISERDeputy Assistant Attorney General for International, Policy, and Appellate Matters, United States Department of Justice, Antitrust Division

ROBERT WILLIGProfessor of Economics and Public Affairs, The Woodrow Wilson School for Public and International Affairs at Princeton Universtiy

11:45 am

COFFEE BREAK

12:00 pm

PANEL 2: ANTITRUST AND INNOVATION

One of the most important questions facing antitrust practice in the coming decades is that of how antitrust should encourage and interact with innovation. There is a tension between policies that encourage innovation, such as granting temporary monopolies to innovators, and the antitrust laws that foster competition. How should these interests be balanced?

Moderator:

ELEANOR FOXWalter J. Derenberg Professor of Trade Regulation, New York University School of Law

Panelists:

HERBERT HOVENKAMPBen and Dorothy Willie Chair, University of Iowa School of Law

JANUSZ ORDOVERProfessor of Economics, New York University

ROBERT PITOFSKYDean Emeritus, Joseph and Madeline Sheehy Professor of Antitrust and Trade Regulation Law, Georgetown Law

MARIUS SCHWARTZProfessor of Economics, Georgetown University

1:15 pm

LUNCH BREAK

2:30 pm

PANEL 3: PRIVATE ENFORCEMENT

This panel will discuss developments in private antitrust suits, including class actions following government investigations and suits brought by competitors over harm to competition.

Moderator:

ILENE GOTTSPartner, Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz

Panelists:

JONATHAN JACOBSONPartner, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, LLP

STACEY ANNE MAHONEYPartner, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, LLP

J. DOUGLAS RICHARDSManaging Partner of the New York Office, Cohen Milstein